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Patents Received by Businesses, Universities & Outposts

Patent Grants 2009 to 2013

This table reflects patents granted to organizations — national and international corporations, universities, government agencies, businesses, and other organizations — where the first named inventor, the first inventor on the patent, identified California as their place of residence. Organizations are included on the list if they received 5 or more utility patents in the calendar years cited.

This list will help you understand which companies headquartered in the state or having outposts there are working with local inventors to create patented inventions, the new science and technology companies and universities seek to commercialize.

Patents

2,789 Organizations | 12,090 Individual Inventors

This table reflects the companies that received patents where the first named inventors are from California. Official count and ranking are based on the First—Named Inventor on the patent. The USPTO Official Count attributes a patent to a state based on the residence of the first-named inventor. Source: USPTO

Who Received The Patents

Organizations | First-Named Assignee

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT

1828

2592

2318

2584

2768

12090

QUALCOMM, INC.

245

482

665

972

1614

3978

BROADCOM CORPORATION

563

707

893

902

821

3886

APPLE, INC.

265

528

613

941

1375

3722

HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

480

582

543

596

560

2761

GOOGLE, INC.

120

220

326

769

1202

2637

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

521

626

524

501

449

2621

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

321

381

381

367

403

1853

INTEL CORPORATION

400

378

327

307

362

1774

MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.

174

289

370

400

448

1681

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF

225

326

292

328

380

1551

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

263

406

307

284

288

1548

ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

161

290

287

273

304

1315

ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

0

284

315

297

172

1068

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.

223

208

208

224

164

1027

SONY CORPORATION

117

200

192

248

269

1026

YAHOO, INC.

93

238

266

194

222

1013

NVIDIA CORPORATION

215

166

170

166

178

895

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

91

159

212

215

209

886

ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC.

108

154

194

212

208

876

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

216

196

121

134

166

833

XILINX, INC.

172

161

124

153

141

751

ALTERA CORPORATION

142

150

145

150

160

747

BOEING COMPANY

120

134

152

155

179

740

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

96

131

137

161

151

676

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.

105

103

153

152

158

671

PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED

77

152

137

154

139

659

SYMANTEC CORPORATION

63

107

117

170

195

652

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION

86

105

105

149

142

587

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

86

114

92

121

131

544

ALLERGAN, INC.

55

95

113

95

177

535

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

89

100

120

142

76

527

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

377

122

0

1

2

502

PACESETTER, INC.

66

107

100

115

94

482

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

118

120

101

67

64

470

NETAPP, INC.

51

94

124

100

82

451

EBAY INC.

21

67

97

113

147

445

LSI CORPORATION

60

75

76

103

131

445

MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.

45

79

93

91

136

444

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

106

86

70

95

84

441

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.

52

89

97

95

105

438

SANDISK CORPORATION

179

144

97

4

9

433

WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

59

64

75

104

122

424

GENENTECH, INC.

82

103

67

80

89

421

RAYTHEON COMPANY

65

55

81

105

114

420

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY

47

72

88

101

110

418

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.

58

88

76

91

99

412

INTUIT, INC.

12

68

93

96

120

389

RAMBUS, INC.

72

55

62

100

98

387

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.

59

94

85

73

64

375

HRL LABORATORIES, LLC

60

79

81

76

79

375

HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

40

41

81

89

119

370

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

100

81

76

55

38

350

QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

27

99

106

75

43

350

SANDISK 3D LLC

53

77

76

70

74

350

SYNOPSYS INC.

54

54

74

74

85

341

ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.

7

26

91

80

129

333

ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.

10

37

77

99

107

330

SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC.

0

0

54

130

145

329

AMGEN, INC.

54

75

81

59

55

324

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC

38

57

59

81

83

318

FINISAR CORPORATION

86

88

63

45

23

305

SPANSION LLC

46

71

74

56

47

294

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

47

73

66

53

51

290

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION

20

43

50

66

109

288

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

33

54

49

76

75

287

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

45

56

52

47

68

268

AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

30

40

57

61

79

267

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.

23

59

54

72

59

267

EMC CORPORATION

26

43

54

68

73

264

VMWARE, INC.

18

33

41

78

92

262

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.

39

38

47

70

64

258

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

41

47

58

58

52

256

HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD.

67

59

46

45

39

256

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

9

28

51

73

81

242

WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC

16

19

24

81

101

241

SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

39

71

51

45

34

240

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

43

54

53

34

52

236

KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION

34

54

52

46

43

229

INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC

0

39

52

67

65

223

MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC.

20

46

33

50

74

223

THERAVANCE, INC.

43

44

40

48

46

221

HITACHI, LTD

34

40

52

40

50

216

INTERMOLECULAR INC.

2

7

37

44

121

211

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC

37

64

39

31

36

207

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

51

34

43

31

45

204

ACUSHNET COMPANY

23

33

38

60

49

203

ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED

3

18

41

63

76

201

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.

38

40

49

34

40

201

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.

18

30

46

54

48

196

NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

25

46

59

19

42

191

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY

30

33

31

39

55

188

APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION

43

41

38

32

33

187

FUJITSU LIMITED

31

47

21

28

60

187

XEROX CORPORATION

53

35

41

29

28

186

TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.)

17

20

21

36

91

185

SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION

45

69

35

25

10

184

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

0

20

34

49

78

181

TERADATA US, INC.

20

44

34

46

37

181

SALESFORCE.COM, INC.

4

16

6

43

109

178

HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.)

25

37

47

34

32

175

INTERSIL AMERICAS INC.

21

22

35

50

46

174

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

30

22

39

60

23

174

NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC.

35

33

40

40

23

171

MATTEL INC.

28

37

26

40

39

170

VISA U.S.A., INC.

9

31

35

35

58

168

APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC.

34

29

32

28

40

163

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

31

40

35

22

31

159

INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

23

45

28

34

27

157

KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

59

57

23

10

8

157

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

15

18

36

40

48

157

SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.

26

49

35

28

19

157

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

30

23

30

30

43

156

ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

16

38

28

41

32

155

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

11

15

37

51

40

154

NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED

16

41

39

57

0

153

TOSHIBA CORPORATION

42

44

24

29

14

153

FORM FACTOR, INC.

38

48

34

20

12

152

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC

17

29

32

40

33

151

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

8

21

32

35

53

149

NOKIA CORPORATION

22

34

33

25

35

149

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC.

10

28

21

47

42

148

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

13

21

54

42

17

147

KYPHON SARL

19

21

47

49

11

147

MCAFEE, INC.

16

22

26

36

47

147

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

9

35

18

36

49

147

PALM, INC.

45

49

9

0

42

145

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

20

32

35

31

25

143

TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.

17

24

25

34

42

142

TESLA MOTORS, INC.

6

25

22

36

52

141

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED

24

30

26

32

29

141

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

16

20

27

40

37

140

PANASONIC CORPORATION

23

24

28

34

30

139

AOL LLC

25

30

36

30

16

137

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

37

38

28

21

13

137

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

32

18

23

26

38

137

SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC.

25

48

28

15

21

137

STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

11

31

18

23

53

136

COVIDIEN LP

0

1

0

7

126

134

IMMERSION CORPORATION

20

25

33

21

35

134

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

6

38

36

29

24

133

NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.)

3

12

28

46

44

133

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.

8

26

20

43

35

132

PIXAR

13

23

29

27

40

132

NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

38

41

17

23

12

131

DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

8

9

17

44

52

130

TESSERA, INC.

16

24

23

17

50

130

WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.

16

26

35

22

31

130

FACEBOOK, INC.

0

7

7

40

75

129

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

17

16

22

37

37

129

ROCHE PALO ALTO LLC

28

31

29

25

16

129

SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

24

27

27

26

25

129

SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC.

20

44

38

23

4

129

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

11

23

28

37

29

128

DANISCO US INC

5

13

26

40

44

128

ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC.

3

20

30

27

47

127

ALCATEL LUCENT

21

17

22

27

38

125

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

15

12

29

33

36

125

FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

6

18

19

34

48

125

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

10

10

10

35

59

124

JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION

17

35

34

16

21

123

SRI INTERNATIONAL

18

31

20

24

30

123

KYOCERA CORPORATION

9

26

27

32

26

120

THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION

22

26

18

24

30

120

RED HAT, INC.

1

26

25

34

33

119

BRIDGELUX, INC

3

13

38

40

24

118

TELA INNOVATIONS, INC.

5

9

30

53

21

118

FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.

21

24

28

17

23

113

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

18

23

33

28

11

113

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

31

36

22

20

3

112

VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION

3

13

19

28

49

112

ADVANCED BIONICS, LLC

17

19

20

34

21

111

INFINERA CORPORATION

17

17

16

34

27

111

DEXCOM, INC.

10

15

19

26

40

110

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

14

22

34

20

19

109

MEDTRONIC INC.

9

14

32

24

30

109

ACTEL CORPORATION

47

25

25

9

2

108

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.

10

24

15

25

34

108

AGENSYS, INC.

26

23

35

14

9

107

CYMER, INC.

15

37

18

21

16

107

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

25

29

21

14

18

107

GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION

17

25

9

27

29

107

RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED

9

16

28

28

26

107

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

2

12

11

21

60

106

FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.

24

28

15

24

15

106

TABULA, INC.

37

22

16

17

14

106

APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION

10

18

17

31

29

105

MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

26

38

25

14

2

105

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

21

17

19

21

26

104

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

3

10

16

34

40

103

TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED

39

24

19

10

11

103

VIASAT, INC.

3

7

18

42

33

103

THE CLOROX COMPANY

26

22

18

15

21

102

MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

21

16

22

21

19

99

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

28

11

21

12

26

98

MASIMO CORPORATION

15

5

27

21

29

97

APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION

7

15

17

23

34

96

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

23

16

7

3

47

96

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V.

16

22

25

16

17

96

SENOMYX, INC.

8

22

25

26

15

96

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION